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Do forbidden acts become OK if you do them weirdly enough?

Posted By David Zvi Kalman on Aug 13, 2015

Do forbidden acts become OK if you do them weirdly enough? An explanation for some odd behavior you might have seen.

Prayer and a Crying Child. Who Wins?

Posted By David Zvi Kalman on Jul 30, 2015

Can you interrupt prayer for a crying child? What about for a poisonous snake?

Can Poor People Convert to Judaism?

Posted By tamar on Jul 22, 2015

This month on Talking in Shul we’re talking about how expensive it is to be a Jew, and whether or not expense should be a limiting actor for those wishing to convert. In our second segment we’ll be discussing the new movie Felix and Meira, about a Hasidic woman in Montreal deciding if she wants to stay in the Hasidic community. Further reading Expense of Jewish Life After Freundel Scandal, Converts in Waiting Complain of...

Why “rest” on Shabbat might include not taking pills

Posted By David Zvi Kalman on Jul 16, 2015

Judaism’s relationship with medicine is more complicated than you think.